Patchwork Quilt Designs

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Patchwork quilt designs are readily available. You can find them at
libraries, quilt shops, book shops, guilds, the internet, from friends
and more.

My personal favorite patchwork method is Marti Michell's perfect
patchwork system. There are courses worldwide using her system and I
highly recommend you try one. Marti has designed a template system that
ensures accuracy of cutting pieces that then fit together into their
block with all pieces behaving themselves. I have made several patchwork
quilts using her system and the results are outstanding.

Another
method that gives accurate results is foundation piecing also known as
paper piecing. This is a traditional quilting technique that is still
popular today. You sew your fabric pieces directly onto the paper
pattern. Seams and their corners line up very well with this method. The
paper is removed at the end.

To download these patchwork
quilt designs you will need to have Adobe Reader on your computer. It is
a free software program and can be downloaded here.

* When sewing patchwork pieces together
it is important to use an accurate ¼” seam allowance. In quilting that’s
sewing a ‘scant ¼” seam’. This means a seam that is a thread or two
less than a true ¼” – these few extra threads are taken up as you fold
the fabric back on the seam. You can buy a ¼” foot for your machine
which creates a scant ¼” seam when you run the edge of the foot along
the edge of the fabric.

There are times when it is OK to not use a
scant ¼” seam. If you are the only person sewing the quilt then as long
as your seams and points are consistent it won’t matter. Your finished
quilt may end up slightly smaller or larger but everything will still
align properly.

* Always sew using a sharp needle. Best results are achieved this way.

* Each quilt above is made out of a repeating block. Sew each block together first then sew the blocks into rows.

Below is a simple piecing diagram that shows how to sew the pieces of a block together.

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